Irish Traditional
Of all the money that ere I had, |
I spent it in good company. |
And all the harm that ere I done, |
Alas! It was to none but me. |
For all I've done for want of wit, |
Through memory now, I can't recall. |
So fill to me the parting glass. |
Goodnight and joy be with you all. |
Of, all the comrades that ere I had, |
They're sorry for my going away, |
And all the sweethearts that ere I had, |
They'd wish me one more day to stay |
But since it falls unto my lot |
That I should rise and you should not, |
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call, |
Goodnight and joy be with you all. |
Oh, if I had money enough to spend |
And leisure time to sit awhile |
There is a fair maid in this town |
That sorely has my heart beguiled |
Her rosy cheeks and ruby lips, |
I own she has my heart enthralled. |
So fill to me the parting glass. |
Goodnight and joy be with you all! |
A man may drink and not be drunk |
A man may fight and not be slain |
and A man may court a pretty girl |
And maybe welcome back again |
And since it has so often been |
A time to rise and a time to fall |
I'll gently rise and I'll softly call, |
Goodnight and joy be with you all. |
Goodnight and joy be with you all. |